Return of the Fighting 69th

Return of the Fighting 69th
Season 1, Episode 8
Air date	October 25, 1979
Written by	David Carren
Directed by	Philip Leacock
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"Return of the Fighting 69th" is the eighth episode of the 1st season of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

Plot

• Coming Soon

Synopsis

Gun runners named Roxanne Trent and Commander Corliss plan to kill Wilma as part of their revenge for her capturing them years earlier, during which their ship had caught fire and disfigured them both. Their plans involve the use of captured 20th century nerve gas, which is still potent enough to destroy all life on Earth. As commander of the Defense squadron, Wilma must find a way to locate and destroy the gas, which is hidden at the gun runner's hideout inside an asteroid belt. She discovers that the only one who has knowledge of how to traverse the belt is Major Noah Cooper, an old friend of Wilma's father, and the elderly leader of a retired squadron, the Fighting 69th. Although the pilot is willing to lead his old pilots through the asteroids, Wilma does not know whether or not she should ask him, believing that the age of his squadron may be too great to complete the mission.

Cast

*Gil Gerard as Capt. William "Buck" Rogers

• Erin Gray as Col. Wilma Deering
• Tim O'Connor as Dr. Elias Huer
• Peter Graves as Major Noah Cooper
• Elizabeth Allen as Roxanne Trent
• Robert Quarry as Commander Corliss
• Woody Strode as Sgt. "Big Red" MacMurthy
• Eddie Firestone as Corporal M.K. Schultz
• K.T. Stevens as Lt. Harriet Twain
• Felix Silla as Twiki
• Mel Blanc as Voice of Twiki
• Katherine Wiberg as Alicia
• Robert Hardy as Clayton
• Duncan McKenzie as Westlake
• Clifford Turknett as War Technician
• Dan Sturkie as Eli Twain
• William Conrad as Voice of Narrator (uncredited)
• Eric Server as Voice of Dr. Theopolis (uncredited)

*Directed by Philip Leacock

Written by David Carren

Produced by Jock Gaynor, Medora Heilbron, Bruce Lansbury, Glen A. Larson, David J. O'Connell and David G. Phinney

Music by Johnny Harris

Cinematography by Ben Colman

Film Editor - Michael Berman

Casting - Phil Benjamin

Art Director - Fred Luff, III

Set Decorator - Frank Lombardo

Costume Designer - Sal Anthony

*Harker Wade - Unit Production Manager

*Bob Bender - First Assistant Director

Gerald T. Olson - Second Assistant Director

*Jerry Allen - Model Builder

Ted Wilson - Carpenter (uncredited)

*Earl Crain, Jr. - Sound

Dick Wahrman - Sound Effects Editor

*Chuck Arrigo - Special Effects Coordinator (uncredited)

*Peter Anderson - Visual Effects Supervisor: Universal Hartland

David M. Garber - Miniature Effects

Wayne Smith - Miniature Effects

*Gary Armstrong - Assistant Camera

Kenneth Hale - First Assistant Camera

*Glen A. Larson - Composer: Theme Music

Herbert D. Woods - Music Editor

Johnny Harris - Composer: Theme Music (uncredited)

Stu Phillips - Composer: Theme Music (uncredited)

*Chris Haynes - Driver (uncredited)

*Alan Brennert - Story Editor

Anne Collins - Story Consultant

External link

• Return of the Fighting 69th at IMDb
• Return of the Fighting 69th at NBC.com